"If there is no agreement, it will be a losing situation for all of Europe": at the end of the negotiations on the future of the Constitutional Charter, held during the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 27 EU member states in Luxembourg, the head of the German diplomacy, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, confirms the difficulties of the negotiations, which will now be handed over to the summit of the heads of state and government. The meeting of Thursday and Friday in Brussels will still have to pass through the "no" of Poland to the voting system based on a double qualified majority (55% of the States accounting for 65% of the European population). But the opposition of Great Britain to the inclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the future Treaty, that London considers excessively binding, will also get stronger in Luxembourg. "Poland remains averse" to reviewing the voting system decided in Nice, explained today the Polish foreign Minister Anna Fotyga. Under the new system, Warsaw would lose weight within the EU Council, as Spain would. The Ministers agree instead on the legal status of the new constitution, which will be "a treaty to amend the existing treaties", explained the German presidency. In addition, the term "Constitution" and the symbols of the EU (anthem, flag, feast) will be given up once and for all.” ” ” “
